The HORIZONS-AMI trials previously reported a reduction in major bleeding and net adverse clinical events in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) and treated with bivalirudin, as apposed to the use of heparin and a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor. In addition, if eligible, patients were randomised to receive a paclitaxel-eluting […]
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Paclitaxel Stents Safe in STEMI
The Harmonising Outcomes with Revascularisation and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction (HORIZONS-AMI) was a prospective open label, multi-centre controlled trial involving patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). It incorporated two factorial randomised phases to allow a comparison of the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin alone with heparin plus glycoprotein IIb-IIIa […]